Characters
Who is the hero and main character of the Odyssey?
Odysseus
What is the name of Odysseus’s home island?
Ithaca
What is the name of the Cyclops Odysseus encounters?
Polyphemus
Where does Odysseus travel to speak with the spirits of the dead?
The Land of the Dead (The Underworld)
How does Athena disguise Odysseus when he returns home?
As a beggar
Who is Odysseus’s father?
Laertes
After leaving Troy, the first people Odysseus attacks are the? And how are they attacked
Cicones and by men on Horseback
What fake name does Odysseus give the Cyclops?
Nobody
Name 2 of the Three Spirits that Odysseus talks to in the Land of the Dead.
Tireseus
Elpenor
Anticlea
What challenge does Penelope create to choose a husband?
String Odysseus’s bow and shoot through twelve axe handles
What is the name of Odysseus’s son who searches for news of his father?
Telemachus
What plant do the Lotus-Eaters eat that causes sailors to forget home?
Lotus flower
How do Odysseus and his men escape the Cyclops’s cave?
What must Odysseus sacrifice to summon the spirits?
Sheep and Rams
What mistake did Odysseus make that kept him from coming home?
Taunting the Cyclopes and telling him his name
Who is the goddess that helps Odysseus throughout his journey?
Athena
What does Odysseus do to the men who eat the lotus?
Forces them back to the ship and ties them to the benches.
What sea monster attacks Odysseus’s men as the ship passes by? How many men die?
Scylla and Six
What warning does Tiresias give Odysseus?
Don't harm the Cattle of the Sun God
What secret proves to Penelope that Odysseus is truly her husband?
What is the name of Odysseus’s faithful dog who recognizes him when he returns home?
Argus
What stops Odysseus and his men from making it home after leaving Cicones?
Zeus creates a storm forcing them away from Ithaca
Charybdis, the Whirlpool, swallows Odysseus' Ship. How does he escape being swallowed?
He jumps ship and clings to a Fig Tree
What happens to Odysseus’s crew after they kill Helios’s cattle?
Zeus destroys the ship with a lightning storm
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